Funerals

QUESTION: Sheikh, if someone is robbed in the street and they die as a result of defending themselves – are they considered a martyr?

Funerals, Other

07 Feb

ANSWER: Yes, in sha Allah

QUESTION: Should I persist in trying to connect with my mother who is orthodox cristian, pay for her burial?

Fiqh of the family, Funerals, Religions

27 Jan

ANSWER: You should maintain kinship relationship with your mother till she dies and be dutiful and respectful towards her. You should not pay for her burial as they would bury her as a Christian; therefore, you would be facilitating and collaborating in their sin.

QUESTION: Sheikh my mother is alevi and if I die, she might bury me as one. What should I do?

Funerals, Sects

03 Dec

ANSWER: You must declare it in your Will and give it to local sunnah Islamic centre that you would want to be buried the sunnah way after you die.

QUESTION: Is it true that Shaitan appears in human form during the time of Sakarat and tries to change our religion?

Funerals

01 Dec

ANSWER: No, there is no evidence from the Quran or Sunnah to back up such a claim. These are stories told by some scholars.

QUESTION: Is it permissible to send Salam and Durood to deceased individuals without visiting their graves? If so, could you please explain the proper way to do this?

Funerals

20 Nov

ANSWER: You make duaa for deceased individuals but you don’t send them salam unless you visit their graves.

QUESTION: Can someone fast on behalf of the deceased if it’s a fast related to breaking an oath?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan, Funerals

25 Oct

ANSWER: It is permissible for the heirs of the deceased to make up obligatory fasts they had and couldn’t make up before dying

QUESTION: I recently heard that in some areas of Pakistan, people dig a woman’s grave deeper than a man’s. The explanation given was that women supposedly commit more sins, so their graves are made deeper so that their cries during punishment are not heard. Is there any basis for this belief in Islam or in authentic Islamic teachings about burial?

Funerals, Innovations

08 Oct

ANSWER: This is totally baseless and what they are doing is absolutely wrong and has nothing to do with Islam

QUESTION: At the time of death, if urine is released, does itmean that the person was bad and saw a frightening angel?

Belief in the Angels, Funerals

01 Oct

ANSWER: No, this is baseless and has nothing to do with being good or bad.

QUESTION: If anyhow suicidial thought come to any what she need to do immidietly?

Funerals, Halal/Haram Matters

17 Sep

ANSWER: Seek refuge in Allah from satan and get out of that place and talk to someone to talk you out of this! Anyone who commits suicide would go straight to hell and would be punished in his grave till the day of judgement. Nothing on earth is even close to such torment and punishment.

QUESTION: There is a hadith about the Prophet saying: “I passed by the grave of Musa, peace be upon him, and he was praying in his grave.”. If yes is it true that dead people can pray and earn good deeds because we know the deeds of a person gets cut off after death except for three things as mentioned in another hadith.

Funerals

17 Sep

ANSWER: This is not part of assignments that people would be rewarded for as after death, there is no accountability. This is a form of enjoyment the messengers of Allah are blessed with in their graves where such prayers is part of their favors and blessings from Allah that they enjoy.

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